English Dictionary
Definition information in British English
information
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
[uncountable]
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
▪ accurate, additional, available, background, classified, confidential, detailed, false, further, inside, new, relevant, up-to-date, useful, valuable
▪ access, acquire, collect, convey, disclose, divulge, elicit, extract, find, gather, get, give, glean, leak, obtain, provide, receive, retrieve
Information is an uncountable noun, so:
▪ it is never used in the plural
▪ it never comes after an or a number
✗ Consumers can find informations about products and services.
✓ Consumers can find information about products and services.
✗ TV helps people to get an important information.
✓ TV helps people to get important information.
✗ Their website provides many informations about courses you can take.
✓ Their website provides a lot of information about courses you can take.
✓ Their website provides a great deal of information about courses you can take.
He gave us a very interesting piece of information.
